July 2016
Kingston: KAIROS Mass Blanket Exercise
Join PeaceQuest, Four Directions Aboriginal Student Centre and Friends of Kingston Inner Harbour for a Mass Blanket Exercise! You can download copies of the poster below. 5:30-8:00PM Douglas Fluhrer Park, Kingston Located just past the north end terminus of Wellington St. Please bring chairs or blanket for sitting on as needed RAIN or SHINE Photo Credit: KAIROS The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is an interactive learning experience that teaches the Indigenous rights history we’re rarely taught. Developed in response to the 1996…
Find out more »August 2016
Kingston: Hiroshima Day Peace Lantern Ceremony
The Hiroshima Day Coalition once again offers the Peace Lantern Ceremony on Saturday August 6th 2016 on the 71st anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. You are welcome to download and share the poster here. One again, PeaceQuest will be hosting an interfaith gathering and silent walk from City Park at the corner of Stuart St. and Barrie Street. A brief sharing of words will take place starting at 6pm with the walk departing at 6:30pm. We would love for…
Find out more »September 2016
Regina: Raise the Peace Flag at City Hall
PeaceQuest Regina, Regina Peace Council, and Peace Vigil members at the flag raising in 2015 RAISING OF THE PEACE FLAG FOR THE UN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE The peace flag will be raised in front of city hall on September 20 and will remain flying through September 21, International Peace Day. There will be a short flag raising ceremony, with a prayer, a few brief speeches, and the singing of a peace song. We are honoured that the Reel Anti…
Find out more »Anne Frank Exhibition at KFPL
We would like to let you know about a wonderful opportunity this fall. The “Anne Frank – A History for Today” exhibition is coming to Kingston! From Monday September 26, 2016 until Saturday November 26, 2016, the traveling exhibition will be on display in the Wilson Room of Kingston Frontenac Public Library’s (KFPL's) Central Branch. For more information, please visit the KFPL website or contact Lisa Cassidy. Just in case your interested to help share this history with others, KFPL is looking…
Find out more »Dispossessed, but Defiant Photo Exhibit @ Queen’s
KINGSTON – The struggles of indigenous peoples is presented through a photo exhibit coming to Queen's University this fall. “Dispossessed but Defiant” is an international exhibition of over 120 photos highlighting the struggles of indigenous peoples for human rights, Canada, Palestine and apartheid South Africa.Spanning almost 150 years, the images capture loss of land, expulsion from traditional lands, military occupation, destruction of homes and communities, restrictions on movement and residency, detention and imprisonment, cultural dispossession, discriminatory educational policies, pressures to assimilate, barriers to integration and the criminalization…
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